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Sam Mestman talks 4K FCPX RED workflow at the Los Angeles Creative Pro User Group

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It's been a while since we featured a presentation from the LACPUG here on FCP.co. This is a good one, Sam Mestman from Lumaforge takes the audience through a 4K RED workflow on Final Cut Pro X.

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Moving from Final Cut Pro 7 to FCPX on French TV series Lazy Company

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10 part French TV series Lazy Company had a split life in post production. Seven episodes were cut on Final Cut Pro 7 and three were cut on Final Cut Pro X. We speak to editor Olivier Galliano who gladly took on the challenge of using FCPX.

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Low budget Australian feature The Precipice is shot on RED and edited in Final Cut Pro X

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***Updated with machine stats***

As FCPX matures, we are seeing more and more features being cut on the software. The Precipice is a low budget Australian indie that chose to post on FCPX for flexibility and speed.

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Apple publish a new White Paper on RED Workflows with Final Cut Pro X

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The latest 10.0.6 update to FCPX brought sophisticated support for media shot on the RED cameras. This new white paper details different workflows with FCPX and also suggests one very handy tip for changing the resolution of your projects once editing has been finished.

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8 new free tutorials on Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6 from We Make Movies

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We all love free tutorials and new producer We Make Movies has wasted no time after the 10.0.6 update in publishing these eight. Get yourself a large coffee and enjoy some free training!

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Apple publish a white paper on RED Workflows with Final Cut Pro X

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We are normally quite good at picking up articles from Apple as they are released, but we missed this one. Many thanks to the eagle eyed Marcin Zwolski for spotting this latest documentation and sending us the link.

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Convert your Mac Mini to an XServe, add more PCIe cards & a Thunderbolt ExpressCard reader from Sonnett

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A range of clever hardware devices from Sonnett Technologies Inc. From the large 'XServed' Mac Mini to the ExpressCard reader, these boxes expand your Mac using Thunderbolt.

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November 3rd - A big day for announcements

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***Updated with link to Canon & Red liveblogs***

What a news day today is going to be! Three huge announcements from three large companies, Canon, Red and Avid all have special events planned.

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Rodney Charters talks about the impact of DSLRs, Alexa and Red

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This 17 minute chat from MacVideo with Rodney Charters proved to be some thoughtful viewing over our morning tea. Lessons to be learnt for shooters and editors.

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Chromagic the Final Cut Pro 7 FXPlug plugin and iPad color correction combo now available for $25

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Graeme Nattress is a legend in the editing world, you've probably come across his excellent film look plugins. Today he's launched Chromagic, a colour correction plugin for Final Cut Pro that you can control with an iPad.

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MacVideo take a hands-on look at the Red Scarlet during NAB 2011

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Not only does Rick Young take a good look at the camera, he also hits Red's Ted Schilowitz with a few questions that we all have about Scarlet. We are going to have to hide our credit cards in a few months!

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Law & Order promo shot on two Red Epics and yes it does look stunning

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This just popped up over the weekend. A pretty cool promo for Law & Order shot on two Red Epics. We do love DSLRs here, but we have to admit that this promo shot at 120 FPS looks stunning.

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Is Canon the first camera company to announce support for Thunderbolt? This is huge news

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How huge? When Thunderbolt was released we had a chat with HD Warrior, the website that we read for breaking news on cameras. We said it was only a matter of time before camera companies jumped on this new technology. Find out what our chat predicted after the break as this little connector will change the industry again.

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You just might have some anti moiré plugins installed in Final Cut Pro already

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As much as we love our Canon 5D, you would not want to shoot a documentary on the history of lace with it. Why? The dreaded moiré striping effects you can see above on the left hand side example. However you might have a couple of plugins installed already that will fix the problem.

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Unboxing, assembling, shooting and reviewing the new Red Epic-M model number 00008

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A series of videos from Ketch Rossi and Steve Gibby following their 'Epic' adventure from the DHL man arriving to on location shooting with their Red Epic-M. Let's say that not only were these guys seriously excited, but also they were pretty impressed by camera number 00008. 

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10 Things Every Camera Assistant Should Know About the RED Camera

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Here's a good one for all you camera assistants out there trying to force your way in the business. The top ten things every camera assistant should know about the RED Camera. Find out what they are after the break.

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RED Scarlet camera caught on the way to CES show

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You have to admire that Tonaci Tran, he gets to see the right people at the right time with the right kit. On a recent visit to Red Studios, he managed to doorstep Ted Schilowitz on the way to CES with a Scarlet in his hand. Makes me smile that the video was hot on an iPhone though. Ironic?

 UPDATED 8th Jan  Ted & Scarlet camera get featured on Guardian TV after the break.

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Will FCP & other NLEs be killed off by Open Source Lightworks?

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Well it is not a completely idiotic thought. If you can remember back to editing in the early nineties, there were only two NLEs on the block, Lightworks and Avid. Everybody knows the Avid story, but could Lightworks be coming back to change the market again? Links, opinion and a video tour of the GUI after the break.

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STORM: RED digital camera workflow on FCP.

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Visual Effects innovator The Foundry have developed STORM which assists RED Digital Camera workflows. There's a Public Beta available for download until 1 March 2011. Take a look here.

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First Public Footage of Red Scarlet Fixed Lens Camera

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Tonaci Tran certainly moves and shakes with those RED people. He went to RED Studios to work on the Santa Fe 3D Workshop and got to handle the Red Scarlet Fixed Lens camera.

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